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Chapter 7

Author: ACEKHEN
last update publish date: 2021-11-07 03:39:22
Ara

I glanced at him again, noting the slight pallor beneath his sun-weathered skin and the way he sometimes pressed a hand to his chest when he thought I wasn’t looking.

His heart condition wasn’t something we talked about often, but it hovered between us like a shadow—fragile, unspoken. What if my fears became a burden too heavy for him? What if the truth made him worry, strained him, and then… what if he disappeared too?

“Ah…” He nodded slowly, rubbing the back of his neck in that familia
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